Posted on 09/25/2015 3:16:25 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Ben Carson bashed the media for playing politics as he pushed back against characterizations of his controversial comments about Muslims during a Friday speech.
"The media is the only business in America protected by the United States Constitution. There was a reason they were protected, they were supposed to be on the side of the people. They were not supposed to pick and choose what side they are on," Carson said at the Values Voter Summit, a conference for religious conservatives.
"One day, they'll come to understand that if the nation goes off the cliff, they are going off with it."
Carson has been on the defense since he said that he would not "advocate" for a Muslim to be president during an interview last Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
He doubled down that night in an interview with The Hill, where he said the only way he'd support a Muslim is if the candidate “publicly rejected all the tenets of Sharia and lived a life consistent with that.” During his Friday speech, he emphasized that refusing to advocate for a Muslim candidate doesn't mean he wants to bar one from running.
"We all have the right to decide who we wanted to advocate for," he said.
"Political correctness is ruining our country and we need to stand up for what we actually believe."
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I do earnestly pray you are right. America is the last bastion of real freedom on this planet. That freedom is being eroded by PC. As long as the First Amendment to the Constitution stands Trump is on a winner.
The maggot ridden slimy bullies of the PC Brigade, will suffer under an absolute head on attack. It might even bring out a few souls, who might decide to get in on such a flaunting of the PC crowd.
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He stole that line from Trump.
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Indeed, he did.
Funny how some of the best stuff a few of these guys come out with have already been said by Trump....
First Huckabee did it by coming out with how Obama's the most anti-Christian president yet and now Dr. Carson in a belated lament on PC damages to the Nation.
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